Punched card verifying machine



April 12, 1932. LORANT 1,853,215

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PATENT OFFICE 1 RUDOLF LORANT, F VIENNA, AUSTRIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE TAIBULATING MACHINE I COMPANY, OF ENDICOTT, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY PUNCHED CARD VERIFYING MACHINE Application filed December 18, 1929, Serial No. 415,090, and in Germany December 24, 1928.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new method and a new apparatus for verifying the punching of perforated cards whereby it is possible to separate the sensing operation of a card to be verified from the controlling operation through which the verification is made. This permits the verification of the punching at any desired time after a card has been analyzed.

Furthermore, provision is made for automatically verifying the punching of a plurality of cards as compared to the punching of a. master card or a card previously verified.

Another object of the present invention is to provide for automatically separating cards correctly punched according to the verlfication from cards incorrectly punched.

Another object is to provide for the verification of any portion of a card to the exclusion of other portions.

Furthermore, the present invention provides for marking devices which are actuated during the last or one of the last control or verifying stages 50 as to apply differentiating markings to the correctly or incorrectly perforated cards.

In the method and apparatus for verifying perforated cards according to the invention, the perforated index points of the cards are first sensed and members set up and locked according to the sensing; thereafter the setting of the locked members is verified either by the operation of manipulative devices such as keys or automatically according to a predetermined pattern.

In a preferred form of the invention, control pins are set in a known manner by means of sensing pins which control pins are then locked in their position while the sensing pins release the cards after which the position of the control pins is examined by means of keys actuated in accordance with the items to be printed or controlled, which items may be either on the perforated cards, in lists, books, slips or the like.

The invention further relates to important details of the construction of the controlling machine, particularly to the locking device which, after the cards have been sensed, lock the controlling pins in their control position in accordance with the perforation in the cards.

In a preferred form of the invention, the controlling pins consist of pins operated and controlled separately from the sensing pins. The operation is carried out in such a mannor that after the sensing of the cards and the positioning of the control pins, the sensing pins are returned to their original position whereby the card is. released and can be removed from the controlling device prior to the actual verification.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings in which the same reference numerals refer to the same parts throughout the several views and in which Fig. 1 is a sectional view through the card feeding an analyzing section of'the machine;

Fig. 2 is an operating and verifying keyboard connected to the machine proper by means of Bowden wires;

Fig. 3 is an elevation at right angles to Fig.

1 showing the verifying section of the machine; 7

Fig. 4 is a detail of the release mechanism for the verifying device;

Figs. 5 and 6 are details at right angles to each other of the mechanism for separating correctly punched cards from incorrectly punched ones, and

Figs. 7 and 8 are details illustrating the mechanism for automatic verification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows one form of the apparatus constructed as in accordance with the present invention. On the sensing table, consisting of the two plates 11 and 12 is shown a perforated card 13 which is fed onto the table from the card containers 14 by means of the eccentric drives 90 15, 16 and 17 driven from the main operating shaft 35, and the slider 18 through the intervention of a pair of rollers 22, 23 which latter are driven by gears 19, 20 and 21. The sensing pins are carried by a frame 31 and to held normally in raised position by springs 29. The frame 31 is raised and lowered to effect card analysis through downward extensions 32 carrying rollers 33 operating in slots in box cam 43 fixed to operating shaft 35. Op osite the sensin pins 30 and controlled thereby through t 1e holes of the card are controllin pins 37 which are urged toward the sensing table by means of springs 38. As may be seen b observing the position of pin 39, F ig. 1, t 1e sensing pins penetrate the perforations of the card and raise the controlling ins 37 upwardly until the projections 40 t ereof come into a position somewhat above the locking bar 41. This bar 41 is pressed to the right by means of a spring 52 justafter the upward movement of the pin box and the raised controlling pins are locked in their raised position.

In order to decrease the resistance of the locking bariduring the sensing of the cards and the lifting of the control pins and to release the control pins from a previously locked position, the locking bar 41 is pushed toward the left immediately before and during the initiation of the sensing period by means of an extension 47 onlever 45 which lever carries a roll 46 and is operated by the cam 44 on the disk 43, so that the projections 40 of the control pins move freely through the openings 42 of the controlling bar 41. As soon as the roller '46 of the lever 45 leaves the cam surface 44, the stop 47 releases-the locking bar so that the latter under the action of spring 52 is brought into locking position whereby the raised control pins are locked in their controlling position.

Further rotation of the shaft 35 causes the slide 32 together with the frame 31 to move downwardly so that the sensing pins are disengaged from the perforated card while the controlling pins which have been slightly raised above the locking bar are seated with their projections 40 on the locking bar 41. The stop 50 which prevented movement of the perforated card is likewise loweredso that the rollers 53 and 54 actuated by the drive 35 can feed the card onto a show table arranged at one side of the sensing device. Simultaneously by the same mechanism a new card is fed from the container 14 onto the sensing table, while after the lowering of the card stop the card previously on the show table is fed into a compartment 72 for correct cards or into a compartment 71 for incorrect cards in accordance with the position of the deflector 70.

The driving shaft 35 which acts as a common actuatingmember and feeds the perforated card onto the sensing table and from the sensing table onto the show plate, and which controls the movement of the sensing ins into the sensing position and the returnmg of the same into the initial position and further effects the removal and distribution of the verified card, performs one revolution and is then stopped in a known automatic manner, not illustrated on the drawing, so that while this common driving means is stopped the verification of the cards displayed on the show table or the control of the locked controlling pins can be effected. The revolutions of shaft 35 to feed the cards may be effected by a one revolution clutch or other well known means under control of the operating key on the keyboard.

In or er to prevent movement of the controlling pins in the absence of a card on the sensing table, a stop can be provided adapted to restrain the sensing pins under these circumstances. For this urpose the sensing pins 30 are so arranged as to pass throu h a control bar and engage the same y means of collars 28. The bar 80 is controlled by a pin 81. If the frame 31 carrying the sensing pins is moved upwardly and there is no card on the sensing table, the pin 81 moves upwardly and permits a spring actuated lever 86 to rock counterclockwise. The pin 87 on the lever 86 moves opposite the notch 89 of a locking lever 84 so that under the action of the spring83, the locking lever 84 and a corresponding locking lever actuated b this movement throu h the intervention 0 the rod 90 snap in and lock the bar 80 which, when the frame 31 moves upwardly, engages the collars 28 of the sensing pins 30 and restrains them against upward movement.

As soon as a card to be verified has been sensed by the sensing pins and placed on the show table 60 the verification of the locked controlling pins can be effected by means of the key board (Fig. 2) through the keys 101 in accordance with the indications appearing either on the perforated card or on record sheets.

The verification can be effected in such a manner that the control carriage 127 (Fig. 3) of the verifying section is moved from column to column by means of known devices such as for instance, a tension spring 141 arranged in the spring housing 140, the movements being controlled under the action of an escapement including pawls 138 and 139. The carriage, which may consist of a single casting, slides on rolls 128 running on rails 131 and is secured against lateral movement by rolls 133. The rail 131 carries a rack 134 which meshes with a loosely mounted gear 135, the pitch of which corresponds to the columns of the card. Secured to the gear 135 is a ratchet wheel 136 the movement of which is controlled by the pawl 138 and the counter pawl 139. The pawl 138 is adapted to be disengaged as soon as one of the levers 151 is moved and engages the bail 103 of the lever 150 tensioned by the spring 600. Movement of the lever 151 may be effected by the actuation of the key transmission device 102 through the intervention of mechanical or electrical means, Bowden cable, fluid pressure or the like. The vertification of the adjusted control pins will now be explained.

The carriage is first moved toward the left.

sesame This may be done manually by a handle on lever 159, this lever rocking slightl counterclockwise during the operation. he right ends of the sensing latch levers 167 are lowered by means of a bail 170 fast to a lever 161 which is connected by link 160 to an. arm integral with lever 159.

I Thecatch piece 176 is thus lifted over any rejecting controlling pins 37 so that the sensmg latch stops come into a position in front of the first row of the controlling pins to be verified.

The latch levers 167 (see Fig. 4) are pivoted on individual slides 165 mountedfor longitudinal movement on the carriage and urged to the right by suitable springs. The carriage may now be spaced by a space key, entirely similar to the verifying keys as far as the escapement is concerned, until certain catch pieces 176 engage raised controlling pins in the first column. Any levers 167 thus restrained move their slides 165 to the left vwith respect to the carriage 127, the carriage having a slight additional movement to efi'ect this. The verification of the first column may now be accomplished by depressing the proper keys 100. Any depressed key through its Bowden wire 102 (Figs. 2, 3 and 4) moves a bell crank 151 counterclockwise against spring 154. A push rod 162 is pivoted to bell crank 151 and is lowered when the bell crank rocks. It will be recalled that when any control pin is raised it engages the catch piece 176 and moves slide 165 to the left (Fig. 4) with respect to the carriage. A pin 163 on the slide, under these conditions, displaces push rod 162 to the left and moves a shoulder 182 thereon free of latch 180. The rod 162 may therefore lower freely and engage a plate 171 on sensing lever 167, rocking the latter and raising catch 176 free of the raised controlling pin. The perforation represented by this particular pin has now been verified. When all controlling pins in a column are properly verified the carriage may escape to the next column the operation of the keys also effecting release of the escapement mechanism as will be explained later.

The latch 180 (Fig. 4) is furthermore so constructed as to be movable, preferably under the action of a spring 181 so that after releasing the sensing latch, the latch lever can be advanced one step, even if the key and consequently the push rod are still depressed. It will also be seen that the movable latch or latch ledge 180 extending over several push rods 162 lies under the shoulders 182 of any push rods whose slides 165 have not been displaced by raised control pins. If a wrong key is depressed then the shoulder 182 will engage the pawl 180 and cause locking of the carriage. The locking is effected by a pawl 187 normally held free of ratchet wheel 136 by a lug 184 which engages an arm integral with pawl 187.. On depression of a wrong In order to remove this lock, a member 190 may be moved by means of a handle 195, whereby a slot 105 provided in the member 190 engages a pin 193 on the pawl 187 and moves the same into a position in front of the lug 184.

If it is desired to verify, not in a complete step by step operation but to omit verification on one or more columns in which there are no items or items on which verification is desired a tabulating mechanism can he provided similar to that used on typewriters which permits skipping of selected columns. The tabulator devicecan be so chosen that either the non-perforated portions of the card, or locked controlling pins may be passed over, or that both of these features are attained.

In Figure 3 the tabulating stops are designated by the numeral 108. These steps are adapted to beengaged by the latch 109 which is depressed by the tabulator latch 601 so that the stop 108 is released. When the latch 109 is made effective, the pawl 139 is held out of engagement with ratchet wheel 136 by an extension on the latch contacting a stud 602 on the pawl. The locking devices 138, 139 then come into the position shown in Fig. 3 and release the ratchet wheel 136, thus permitting the carriage .to move along to the tabulator stop 108. The lowering of latch 109 releases pawl 139 allowing pin 110 to again contact with the nose 111 on pawl 138 adapting the pawls once more for use with the carriage step by step escapement.

If the tabulator is to disengage the catch piece 176 of the sensing latch lever, preferably a second tabulating lever is arranged for this purpose the end 116 of which when moving downwardly, actuates the lever 157 which lifts by means of the lever systems 160, 161 above described the sensing latch 167.

While the arrangement just described permits of the omission of certain portions of the whole controlled area, devices may also be provided which limit the area on which the control device is effective. In order to limit the initial position of the controlling device a stop 120 (Figure 3 upper left) is provided ad ustable by means of a perforated rod 121 and pin 122 which stop is adapted to be engaged by a latch 123 when the carriage is moved toward the left, whereby the latch 123 by means of the rod 124 clisengages the locking pawl 125 from a locking bar with which it becomes engaged durin the latter part of the movement of the carnage when the control has been effected. The engagement of pawl 125 with the rack bar is effected by an end stop 200 which moves the pawl into oo- V is moved to the right until it en ages the bearing 207. By this movement igure 5) the latch 223 and to ether therewith the bar 221 are lifted, where y by means of the levers 210, 209 and 208 the deflector 70 is so actuated as to deflect the card into the correct compartment (Figure 6).

Simultaneously a marking device 271 can be pressed against the card so as to 9. ply a marking to the correct card. The mar mg device can obviously also be so arranged as to mark the incorrectly perforated card or to produce markings which differentiate the correctly perforated cards from the incorrectly perforated ones.

In the preferred form of construction the deflector70 is normally so adjusted as to direct all cards to the compartment in which the incorrect cards are collected and will be actuated to deflect the cards into the correct compartment only when a correctly perforated card has been correctly controlled. During the upward movement of the rod 221 the lever 210 is taken along while the end of the rod moves within the slot 220 of the lever 215. The stop 212 is then positioned within the indentation 214. The slot 220 permits free vertical movement of bar 221 and at the same time enables lever 215 to shift the end of the bar. v

In order to adjust the deflector into a position in which it deflects the incorrect cards I after the controlling operation has been finished, a lever 215 is provided which operates as follows:

As soon as the controlling operation has been finished the frame 31 carrying the sensing pins 30 is raised so as to set the controlling pins in accordance with a new car lying on the sensing table. During this movement of the frame 31 in an upward direction, the lever 219 (Fig. 6) on a pivot 300 swings downwardly. When the frame 31 is lowered after the new card has been sensed and the a sensing pins have been disengaged from the card, the card is fed onto the show table and simultaneously the old card positioned on the show table is removed. When the frame 31 is lowered after the card has been sensed the lever 219 is actuated and toward the end of its movement forces the lever 215 to the right so that the lower end of the bar 221 deflect the card into the compartment containing the incorrect cards.

When bar 221 is lowered it is automaticall placed into the position shown in Fig. 6 by means of the lever 215 which is spring urged in a counterclockwise direction. The groove 211 in lever 215 serves to permit restoration of the deflector while bar 221 is held raised. The two notches on the side of lever 215 (Fig. 6) are cut into the lever to provide a cam surface or projection on lever 215 for cooperation with the end of restorin lever 219.

Furthermore, according to t e present invention the apparatus is so arran d that the index points of a card or individual index points or grou s of index points may be automatically verified from a previously controlled card or a previously controlled card column, so that'once the first card has been sensed and the controlling pins have been locked, the verification of the corresponding columns of the following cards is automatically efiected while the other columns of the cards for which control pins have not been set may be verified manually.

Moreover, the control can also be effected in such a manner that certain controlling pins are locked by inserting into the machine a card not to be verified itself but with which the following cards are to agree, whereupon all following cards are automatically verified according to this master card.

For this purpose a special locking device is arranged for the controlling pins of the group of index points for which the automatic verification is to be repeated, which locking device cooperates with stops arranged 'on the controlling pin.

In Figure 8 the arrangement is shown to an enlarged scale.

' The locking device consists of the locking bar 324. This locking bar is actuated in one direction by aspring 326 and in the other direction by the control lever 350. The latter Simultaneously the upper end of the lever 350 is moved so far to the right, that the spring 326 forces the locking bar 324 into its extreme right hand position thereby rendering the locking bar ineffective, and permitting the controlling pins 37 to pass freely through the locking bar 324. This renders the automatic verifying devices inoperative.

It will be seen from the drawings, that if the key 355 is depressed the lever 350 will be released so that the locking bar 324 as well as the lever 341 are oscillated in accordance with the movement of the cam disc. Under certain conditions, as will now be explained, the lever 341 operates the locking lever 178 of the carriage locking device through the mtervention of the levers 333, 338, 339. (See Figures 4 and 7). This as in the case of manual verification indicates wrong punching of the card being verified.

In order to control the movements of looking bar 324, stepped stops 158, 159. 160 are provided on the control pins. Each row of control pins, there being one row for each card column, is provided with a lever 350. But in order to control only the locking bars of selected columns only during the automatic verification, the head of each controlling lever 350 is so constructed as to form a ledge 352 which ledge carries slidable riders 353 corresponding to each locking bar 324. If a rider 353 is in the position shown in the drawing, the ledge 352 actuates the locking bar 324. If the rider 353 is moved downwardly it will not engage the locking bar, so that the corresponding row of controlling pins is rendered inactive and can pass freely through the opening in the locking bar. Suitable grooves are provided on the ledge 352 and a spring holds the rider impositively in the position to which it is adjusted.

In Fig. 8 the rider is in its upper or effective position showin that this particular column is to be veri ed automatically. In the drawing the four controlling pins 37 have been selectively set by a previously analyzed card and the card 13 is to be compared with this previous card. The previous card contained perforations in positions II and III raising pins 37 in these positions and contained no perforation in positions I and IV leaving these pins lowered. The card 13 has no perforation in position I thereby agreeing with the previous card in this position. It has a perforation in position II, still agreeing with the previous card. But in positions III and IV it disagrees with the previous card having no perforation in position III and a perforation in position IV. Every condition of agreement and disagreement is thus illustrated. In positions II and III the projections 40 of the controlling pins 37 are above the locking bar 41 and are locked in this position by the bar while in positions I and IV the projections 40 are below bar 41 and the controlling pins are lowered.

In position I there is no perforation in card 13 and the analyzing pin 30 does not engage controlling pin 37 the latter remaining in lowermost position with its stops 158, 159 and 160 free of the locking bar 324. This being a true verification there is no interference with the operation of bar 324 in this position. In position II the control pin 37 is raised, owing to a perforation in this posi- The controlling pin III indicates a mistake as no perforation is provided at the point at which the sample card was perforated. The analyzing pin is restrained by card 13 and the controlling pin 37 is lowered so far that its projection 40 engages the locking bar 41. Incidentally the stop 158 of this pin is in such a position that it enters the opening in the locking bar 324, whereby movement of bar 324 toward the left is prevented.

The same effect will be brought about when the card which is to be automatically controlled has been perforated at a point where it should not be perforated (IV). The sensing pin passes then through the holes and lifts the controlling pin so that the stop 160 is positioned in the opening of the locking bar 324. In this position also the bar 324 cannot move to the left and consequently lever 350 cannot rock counterclockwise past its mid position.

From the above description it will be clear that with the locking bar 324 free as will be the case when the card being verified agrees with the positioning of pins 37 the bar 324 is free to reciprocate to its limits in both directions. The cam 344 under these conditions positions shoulders 347 on bar 350 beneath lugs 345 and 346 on lever 341 at the time when the cam 344 would permit it tolower. Thereby bar 340 is retained in upper posit1on and the carriage is not locked. But if the card being verified does not agree with the control pin set up the bar is held against movement to the left either by stop 158 or stop 160 and the lever 350 cannot follow cam 344 past its mid position. In this case shoulder 347 does not encounter lug 346 and lever 341 IS lowered when its roller encounters the low part of cam 344. This lowers bar 340 (see also Fig. 7) which in turn lowers member 333. The latter thereupon rocks an arm 339 in latch 178 and releases the carriage stop pawl 187 in the manner previously explained.

The releasing device for the whole apparatus operates in the manner above described. If, however, it is desirable to release only part ofthe controlling pins from the automatic controlling position, a special lever 401 can be arranged (Figure 3), which permits of the release of the desired controlling pins during the return of the carriage into its initial position. When said lever is moved to the right it moves, through the intervention of the links 402, 403, and the roller 404, the bar 405 (Figures 1 and 3) downwardly, which bar pushes the upper locking bar 41 to the left during the passage of the carriage and also pushes the lower locking bar 324 toward the right, so that the projections and stops on the controlling pins are released and the controlling pins enabled to move downwardly. The roller 404 engages the tops of the bars 405 with a downward camming effect; thus one bar may be lowered or a plurality of bars may be successively lowered as the carriage moves. During a renewed upward movement of the frame 31 the bars 405 are again lifted by bail 410, Fig. 1, so that the locking bars are brought into their original position.

It is also possible to control the deflector in accordance with the locking bar movement so that immediately on the basis of the sam le card, the cards which are to be automatically control-led are directed either to the compartment containing the correct or incorrect cards respectively. A member such as 237 (Fig. 6) on bar 333, could be positioned so as to cam bar 221 into cooperation with slot 211 thus allowing alteration of the position of deflector 70 so that it will normally select correct cards. Movement of bar 233 and member 375 could later release bar 221 and deflector 70 for incorrect card selection. The carriage locking device can be so constructed as to be released during the controlling operation, or the carriage locking device can be entirely omitted as the cards are automatically distributed into the corresponding compartment in accordance with the sample card.

I claim:

1. A perforated record verifying machine comprising analyzing mechanism for completely analyzing a plurality of records for differently located perforations and means operative after complete analysis of each record and controlled in part by the analyzing mechanism for verifying the location of the perforations.

2. A perforated record verifying machine comprising analyzing mechanism for completely analyzing a plurality of records for differently located perforations, erated after complete analysis of each record for verifying the locations of the perforations and means operated by the verifying means for indicating both the absence of perforations on the records and the presence of improperly located perforations on the records.

3. A perforated record verifying machine comprising record analyzing mechanism, record feeding means for feeding individual records into cooperative relationship with said analyzing mechanism for analysis thereby and thereafter feeding them free of said analyzing mechanism and means operative after a record has been fed free of the analyzing mechanism for verifying the location of the perforations thereon by comparison with the analysis by the analyzing mechanism.

means op- 4. A perforated record verifying machine comprising settable mechanism with means for setting the same under control of a master record, means for re-adjusting said settable mechanism to compare the perforations on records to be verified with the setting of the settable mechanism and means for indicating a disagreement between the perforations of a record being verified and the original setting of said mechanism. I

5. A perforated record verifying machine comprising settable mechanism with means for setting the same to represent a pattern conforming to the location of perforations on records, means for automatically actuating said mechanism to compare the perforations on records to be verified with the pattern formed by said settable mechanism and means for indicating a disagreement between the perforations of a record being verified and the pattern formed by the setting of said mechanism. I

6. A perforated record verifying machine comprising a plurality of settable members corresponding to possible perforations on a record, record controlled means for mechanically setting said members according to the locations of perforations and means for retaining the setting of said members when once set after removal of the controlling record and means for verifying the setting of said members.

7. A perforated record verifying machine comprislng settable mechanism, with means for setting the same to represent a pattern with which the perforations on inserted records should conform, means for automatically comparing the perforations on portions of inserted records with corresponding portions of the pattern and manipulable means for manually comparing other portions of the records with corresponding portions of the pattern and means for indicating a disagreement between the perforated record and the pattern.

8. A perforated record verifying machine comprising settable mechanism with means for setting the same to represent a pattern with which the perforations on inserted records should conform, means for automatically comparing the perforations on portions of inserted records with corresponding portions of the pattern and manipulable means for manually comparing other portions of the records with corresponding portions of the pattern, selective means for determin ing which ortions of the records shall be automatical y compared and means for indieating a disa re'ement between the perforated record and t e pattern.

9. A perforated record verifying machine comprising settable mechanism comprising members settable selectively under control of a master record to form a pattern to which perforations in certain portions of an inserted record should conform, means for automatically comparing the corresponding portions of an inserted record with said pattern, manipulative means for manually comparing other portions of said record with a pattern selectable according to the will of the operator and means for indicating a disagreement between the perforated record and the patterns.

10. A perforated record verifying machine comprising mechanism settable under control of the perforations on a record to form a setup corresponding thereto, means for comparlnlg the set up of the settable mechanism wit a pattern to verify the locations of the perforations on -the record, means for indicating a disagreement between the record and the selected pattern and means for rendering the indicating means inoperative at the will of the operator for certain portions of the record.

11. A'perforated record card verifying means inoperative with respect to any card column at the will of the operator.

12. A perforated record verifying machine comprising -mechanism settable under control of the perforations in records to form set ups corresponding thereto, means for comparing the set up effected from each record with a pattern, recording means for operating upon the records to record the result of the comparison thereon and means operated by the comparing means for controlling the recording means.

13. A perforated record verifying machine comprising mechanism settable under control of the perforations in records to form set ups corresponding thereto, means for comparing the set up of the settable mechanism for each record with a pattern to verify the locations of the perforations, means adapting the pattern for comparison with a plurality of different records, and means controlled by the comparing means for automatically separating the records having perforations which agree with the pattern from those which have perforations which disagree with the pattern.

14:. A perforated record verifying machine comprising mechanism settable under control of the perforations in records to form set ups corresponding thereto, manipulative means for comparing the set up efi'e'gted from each record with a pattern selectedlthcrefor, and recording means controlled con ihintly by the settable mechanism and the manipulative means to record on the records the result of the comparison. I

15. A perforated record verifying machine comprising record analyzin mechanism, record feeding means for fee 'ng records first to said analyzing mechanism and thereafter to an inspection position, means controlled by the analyzing mechanism for effecting a set up corresponding to the record perforations and means operable while the record is in inspection position for-comparing the set up with a selected pattern.

16. A perforated record verifying machine comprising record anal zing mechanism, record feeding means for ceding records one by one to said analyzing mechanism and thereafter to an inspection position, means controlled by the analyzing mechanism for effect ing a set up corresponding to the record perforations and means operable while each record is in inspection osition and the following record is in ana yzing position for comparing the set up effected by the record in inspection position with a selected pattern.

17. A perforated record verifying machine, comprising record analyzing mechanism, means for feeding a series of records one by one to the analyzing mechanism, settable means controlled by the analyzin mechanism for effecting a set up correspon ing to the first record in the series, means for maintaining the said set up during the feeding of records which agree or. disagree with the set up, and means controlled conjointly by the analyzing means and the settable mechanism for comparing the perforations of each record after the first with the set up effected by the first record.

18. A perforated record verifying machine comprising record analyzing mechanism, means for feeding a series of records one by one to the analyzing mechanism, means controlled by the analyzing mechanism for ef fecting a set up corresponding to certain por tions of the first recordof the series, means for maintaining the set up during feeding of the following records,'means controlled conjointly by the analyzing mechanism and the settable mechanism for comparing the perforations in corresponding portions of each record after the first with the set up effected by the first record and manipulative means for manually comparing other portions of said records with a pattern selected by the operator.

19. A perforated record verifying machine comprising record analyzing mechanism, means for feeding a series of records one by one to the analyzing mechanism, settable means controlled by the analyzing mechanism for effecting a set up corresponding to the first record in the series, means for maintaining the said set up during the feeding of the following records, means controlled conjointly by the analyzing mechanism and the settable mechanism for comparing the perforations of each record after the first with the set up effected by the first record and selecting means for releasing the said set up as an incident to the feeding of any record.

20. A perforated record verifying machine comprising analyzing machanism for completely analyzing a record for differently ocated perforations, and manipulative means operative after complete analysis of the record and controlled in part by the analyzing mechanism for verifying the location of the perforations.

21. A perforated record verifying'machine comprising, analyzing mechanism for completely analyzing a record for differently located perforations, manipulative means operated after complete analysis of the record for verifying the locations of the perforations, and means operated by the verifying means for indicating both the absence of perforations on the record and the presence of inproperly located perforations on the recor In testimony signature.

whereof I hereto aflix my RUDOLF LOB-ANT. 

